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Comment by RulerKorin

With the release of Wrath of the Lich King, all grimoires where taken out of the game. You pet will now automatically learn their new ability and the new level of it.

Comment by ExQR

At last pet have taunt on low cd.Very useful for soloing bosses or mobs who null aggro and go to eat you -_-For ex. The Conquest Pit in Grizzly Hills

Comment by Ordayc

It seems this post will be rendered outdated by 4.3. When this change goes through, I will update my post accordingly

Unfortunately, this taunt is fundamentally different from player classes's taunts. These "true" taunts consist of two parts: (a) A temporary debuff that causes the taunted mob to ignore threat values and attack the taunter for its duration. (b) A permanent effect which increases the taunter's threat to the level of the previously targetted enemy. (I.e. the taunter can immediately get as much threat as the one with the highest threat.)

While Suffering has effect (a), it does not have (b). Instead, its permanent effect is replaced by another permanent effect that, however, only increases the VW's threat by a flat amount. As a consequence, a Voidwalker is not able to seize control of a mob after you or others have built up a considerable amount of threat, except for a short duration after Suffering was cast.